Alberto Betella

Current

• Project Assistant at Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Collaborator at Università degli Studi di Bergamo
• Freelance Web Developer at Self-Employed

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Past

• Teacher at Istituto Vittoria Razzetti ONLUS
• Researcher at Regione Lombardia
• Collaborator at Politecnico di Milano

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Education

• Universitat Pompeu Fabra
• Università degli Studi di Bergamo

Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• Personal Web Page
• My Open Source Script

Alberto Betella’s Summary

I have a background in Humanities, however over the past years I have been captivated by multimedia and web-related issues, primarily web design and development. After a first approach to graphics, I focused my research on subjects such as web standards, usability and accessibility.

I graduated at the University of Bergamo (Italy) with a thesis about open source software and podcasting. In 2007 I obtained some research funds to conduct further investigation on podcasting as an e-learning facility.
Eventually I moved to Barcelona (Spain), where I obtained a master degree in Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media (2009).

I have been working since 2000 on web projects for educational institutions, non-profit organizations and public administrations, such as the Energy Department of the Politecnico di Milano, the Italian environmental association Legambiente and the Provincia di Cremona. I worked as a teacher in secondary schools and as a university lecturer. I'm currently collaborating with the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Bergamo.

I treasure traveling, meeting new people, discovering languages and cultures. I play the saxophone on the side, and I have a taste for juggling!

Recently my interests have extended to Human Computer Interaction (HCI); I'm intrigued by tangible user interfaces and softwares that process human actions in real-time. I'm particularly fascinated by the use of these technologies in fields such as rehabilitation and art!

Alberto Betella’s Specialties:

PHP, XML, xHTML, CSS, RSS, Flash Design, Web Design, Web Development, Web Standards, Web Accessibility, Web Interfaces, SEO, Open Source, Linux, Mac, LAMP, Podcasting, e-Learning, Interactive Systems, Arduino, Tangible interfaces

Alberto Betella’s Experience

• Project Assistant

  Universitat Pompeu Fabra

  (Educational Institution; UPF; Research industry)

  November 2009 — Present (1 month)

• Collaborator

  Università degli Studi di Bergamo

  (Educational Institution; Research industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Since 2008 I've been collaborating on several levels with the Department of Human Sciences and the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Bergamo, Italy:
  - Lecturer ("Computer Theory and Techniques for Multimedia Communication" - Prof. Marco Lazzari);
  - Interactive Web and Multimedia development.
  From January 2008 to June 2008 I also worked as an IT technician in order to maintain, optimize and improve the efficiency of the "Stage&Placement" database.

• Freelance Web Developer

  Self-Employed

  (Internet industry)

  January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

  - (x)HTML+CSS Design (w3c standards compliant);
  - PHP development (integration with MySQL / XML DB);
  - Adobe Flash design (Actionscript 3.0);
  - SEO;
  - LAMP servers setup and configuration (preferred Debian-based distributions).

Additional Information

Alberto Betella’s Websites:

• Personal Web Page
• My Open Source Script

Alberto Betella’s Interests:

free software, copyleft, open source, linux, podcasting, web accessibility, web standards, web 2.0, e-learning, travels, art, languages, music, interactive installations